People Trying (And Failing) To Find Love In Quarantine

With the entire world basically shut down, a lot of us are stuck with an excess of free time. Naturally, some people are trying to date around to ease the boredom, but they're also possibly talking to the love of their life—because how cute would it be to tell the grandkids that you met during a global crisis?

Well, trying does not always lead to succeeding, as these people have already figured out.

My Man Is Really Out Here Losing

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It's one thing for a romantic interest to blow you off because they've had something unexpected come up in their own lives, but we truly are out here on lockdown doing nothing, and this girl still tried to pull that excuse.

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Oh No, He Has Made A Mistake

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i'm not even kidding my friend is quarantined with this 27-year-old guy he's been seeing and today the guy had to cancel a flight over the phone and my friend overheard tahe guy say his birthday was in 1988 lmfao
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It's a hard time to be in a new relationship, especially if you try to isolate together. You never know what secrets—like lying about his age—are going to come out when you cannot leave his apartment!

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Y'all Really Risking It All

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how y'all look breaking quarantine to go to a d*** appointment (photo of crawling clown)
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Listen, I understand that you're bored with all this extra time on your hands and you miss doing the naked tango, but no hookup is worth the risk of catching a deadly virus!

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Time For Me To Be Irresponsible

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ima flirt with as many people as I can during this quarantine. what y'all gonna do?? come see me? LMAO
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Whenever I get bored in my normal life, I decide to start flirting with a bunch of dudes. However, now there are no negative repercussions because none of them can send a "so when are we going to hang out" text.

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Glad I Made The Bronze Medal Spot

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text conversation, p1: I fall in love with your more every day just know that. P2: okay then date me already. P1: when this quarantine over you're third on my list baby
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Can you imagine investing time in texting a man consistently throughout a period of quarantine, have him say he's falling in love with you, and still only being considered his third choice?

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Distance Makes The Heart Grow Crazier

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screenshot of snapmap with characters and girl asking bf
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Now that we're all stuck at home, we all have way too much time we can spend on social media obsessing over what our significant others are doing on the snap map like psychos.

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Funny, Mine Is Matt Chris

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your quarantine names is the name of a guy you've been flirting with but have not intention of hooking up with when this is all over + the name over another guy you've been flirting with but have not intention of hooking up with when this is all over. Mine is Matt Matt
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Am I flirting with people I matched with on Tinder because I re-downloaded the app when I was bored and tipsy after FaceTiming my girls? Maybe. Will I meet any of these men in person? Unlikely.

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Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

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so you mean to tell me that some of y'all are actually having premarital sex in your parents' house during lockdown?
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During a crisis, it makes sense to want to be close to family and maybe even bring your romantic partner with you so you can still spend time together, but you're nasty if you're getting it on in your twin-sized bed with Barbie sheets.

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She Raised Some Valid Points

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thinking about the girl on my periscope who said it's 100% worse to get ghosted during quarantine because they have nothing else to do and they still don't wanna talk to you
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All he has done today is eat Hot Pockets and play the new Call of Duty. He has all the time in the world to text and he still hasn't. Delete his number, sis.

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Your Romantic Past Will Come Back To Haunt You

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person's ex from 3 years ago sends text
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You thought you could avoid all the drama by simply not starting conversations? Guess again. Your ex will find a way to ruin your romantic life years after the fact if they get bored enough.

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This Will Be Me After Quarantine

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that's him officer! that's the guy who I'll spend months talking to and developing real feelings for but will never actually get to date
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Am I going to spend the next several weeks in quarantine texting a guy and catch feelings in the process only for us to fizzle out before quarantine ends? That's one secret I'll never tell!

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Even When We Try Our Best, The Universe Hurts Us

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I'm just a guy sitting on his childhood bed wondering if I should disappear forever after my mom walked in on me 15 minutes ago while I was having Skype sex with a girl I went on a few Tinder dates with, now I hear her hand washing dishes downstairs... we've used a dishwasher for years
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In these trying times, you really need to try new ways to keep budding relationships alive, and technology is a great way to do it. I mean, most of the time.

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I've Already Caught One

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i found my first boyfriend on hinge let's see if this guy is dumb enough to message me
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Quarantine is really just going to be a long game for me during which I see how many dudes from dating apps I can con into falling in love with me.

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We're Getting Close To Rock Bottom

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me (25m, gay) and my roommate (26 f, straight) are almost bored enough to start hooking up
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I have been alone and untouched for so long that I would literally make out with the guy who bullied me in high school right now if the opportunity presented itself.

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Death By Poor Digital Communication Skills

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i sent my bf a nude last night and his reply was
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Even if your relationship was going strong before quarantine, things are bound to hit a breaking point while isolating. There are only so many poor responses to flirty pics that a woman can handle.

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Basically, This Is Me

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man some of you got 3 dating apps and 0 love life
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I actually have four dating apps that I'm using that the moment and exactly zero genuine romantic prospects in my life. I'm probably just going to rewatch The Notebook on Netflix until lockdown ends.

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...My Standards Are Going To Be So Low

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I've heard a lot of people joke about a lot of pregnancies starting in quarantine, but no one has mentioned the number of hookups that will happen the second we're free to be social again.

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I Feel This In My Soul

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if i knew the last time I had sex would be the last time I was having sex I would've sexed harder
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The thing about the "last time" is that you never know it's going to be the last time. Now I'm stuck with my last hookup memory being about a guy who can barely read.

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...We Do Have To Reward The Strong Ones

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on the bright side the only guys getting laid rn are the ones who had the good sense to man up and commit
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A lot of the time, society likes to make out that the guys who "play" women and can't commit are the cool ones, so it's nice to see the good guys getting a win.

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Remember, It Could Be Much Worse

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Prayers to the person whose significant other went to the store and brought home healthy snacks for the quarantine and now they're stuck inside with someone they don't know if they love anymore
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Yes, I will complain about being bored on my own throughout social distancing, but I also cannot imagine anything worse than being stuck with a romantic partner who has weird habits.